Phocis
See also: phocis
English
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Phocis
- A regional unit of the administrative region of Central Greece, in modern Greece. Capital and largest city: Amphissa. It is located north northeast of the Peloponnese, which included Delphi.
- (historical) An ancient region in the central part of ancient Greece that included Delphi.
Translations
a periphery in the southwest Central Greece
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φωκίς (Phōkís).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpʰoː.kɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɔː.t͡ʃis]
Proper noun
Phōcis f sg (genitive Phōcidis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | Phōcis |
genitive | Phōcidis |
dative | Phōcidī |
accusative | Phōcidem |
ablative | Phōcide |
vocative | Phōcis |
Derived terms
- phōcensis
- Phōciī
Related terms
References
- “Phōcis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Phocis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Phocis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly